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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Erode \E*rode"\, v. t. (Geol. & Phys. Geog.) a To wear away as streams and glaciers erode the land. b To produce by erosion, or wearing away as glaciers erode U-shaped valleys. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Erode \E*rode"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Eroded}; p. pr & vb n. {Eroding}.] [L. erodere erosum; e out + rodere to gnaw. See {Rodent}.] To eat into or away to corrode; as canker erodes the flesh. ``The blood . . . erodes the vessels.'' --Wiseman. The smaller charge is more apt to . . . erode the gun. --Am. Cyc. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: erode v 1: become ground down or deteriorate; "Her confidence eroded" [syn: {gnaw}, {gnaw at}, {eat at}, {wear away}] 2: remove soil or rock, as of wind or water; "Rain eroded the terraces" [syn: {eat away}, {fret}]
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